Orthopedists - Hyannis, MA

"Dr. Remia refused to acknowledge that the Vision Scope, which he performed on my knee a week prior to an arthroscopy, was the cause of my extreme discomfort. He stated that he had never had any bad results from Vision Scopes in the two years he had been doing them, and that the arthroscopy would make everything feel better. It not only did not improve the pain on the side of my knee, the PT that he ordered further aggravated what was later diagnosed by his PA as ITBS-tendonitis. At the 6 week post-surgery checkup, he had not read the PT eval that had been sent to him, and based on my telling him that it was not progressing well, and no examination, he ordered 3 Hyalgan shots and was out the door, saying if it didn't feel better by now, it wasn't going to get better. It was his PA who took the time to examine me and diagnose the ITBS, changing the PT orders and explaining that the shots would not help this condition. Dr. Remia may have done some brilliant surgery in his career, however, his unwillingness to take a few moments to listen to a patient and credit them with worthwhile information to consider caused a great deal of discomfort and frustration for me."

"I actually pulled my daughter out of the GHS ER with a Tib/Fib compound fracture when I learned a general ortho was on call at GHS. She got 2 plates and 16 screws and a year later has made a 100% recovery. I'm in the medical/surgical field and know that based on the severity, permanent complications were a real possibility without the right surgeon doing the case. The only downside is he may be relocating to out of state. One of the top foot and ankle surgeons in the country is located in Charlotte which for something severe would be my plan B moving forward."